As US President Donald Trump prepares a wide-ranging package of tariffs and investment restrictions targeted at China, a trade war between the world’s two most important economies looks unavoidable. On the face of it, the US might seem to have the leverage it needs to win. Since it runs a huge trade deficit with China, the Chinese have a lot ...

Facebook Inc. is on a merry-go-round of crises, and it can’t get off. The question now is whether the latest episode in Facebook’s post-2016 period of reckoning will permanently mar its reputation, impair its business prospects and result in onerous regulatory handcuffs. Investors appear to have decided the answer is yes. In a day-and-a-half of stock market trading, Facebook has ...

The listing of a minority stake in Siemens AG’s healthcare technology unit was a pretty muted affair — and not just because trading didn’t start on time for technical reasons. That’s a good thing, in part. Spandex-clad dancers cheer-led the unit’s re-branding as “Healthineers” in 2016. You can relive the horror here. Siemens will be disappointed, though, that investors haven’t ...